Collections: Arts of the Islamic World: Bottle Depicting a Hunting Scene

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Bottle Depicting a Hunting Scene

• Medium: Ceramic
• Geographical Locations:
  • Place made: Iran
  • Possible place made: Mashhad, Iran
• Dates: first half 17th century
• Dynasty: Safavid
• Period: Safavid
• Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (28.5 x 21 cm)
• Collections: Arts of the Islamic World
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd Floor
• Accession Number: 34.6024
• Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Collection
• Image: Side, 34.6024_side1_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Bottle Depicting a Hunting Scene, first half 17th century. Ceramic, 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (28.5 x 21 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.6024 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.6024_side1_SL1.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Flask, flattened body, with a tall neck cut down. The surface of the flask is molded; it is painted under a discolored transparent glaze in cobalt blue with black outlines. The rough base is unglazed. The decoration is reserved on a blue ground and outlined in black. On one side stands a man with an animal round his shoulders; to the left, a woman kneels before him, offering him a cup. The man wears a European costume - a doublet with a ruff and a hat. The woman is more simply dressed in Persian style. Between the figure is a tray of fruit and a glass (?) flask. In the background are flowers and shrubs of different kinds, birds and cloud-scrolls. The other side is decorated with a hunting scene. A man in European costume fires at a hare (?) with his gun; on the right is a wounded crane. From his waist hangs a powder horn in the form of a bird's head and a bag. The background consists of flowers, leaves, and cloud-scrolls.